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Salary vs rent · Brussels

20,000 salary in Brussels: how much rent can you afford?

On €20,000/year your monthly take-home budget (gross) is €1,667/month. The median rent in Brussels is €1,100, which would take 66.0% of your income — Risky.

Your monthly rent budget

Comfortable (25%)up to €417/mo
Manageable (30%)up to €500/mo
Stretch (35%)up to €583/mo
Risky (45%)up to €750/mo

Rent landscape in Brussels

€650

39.0% of your salary

Budget rent

€1,100

66.0% of your salary

Typical rent

€1,900

114.0% of your salary

High-end rent

Renters in Brussels typically spend 2038% of income on rent. At €20,000/year, you have limited room to cover the median rent comfortably.

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Data confidence: low · Statbel Belgium housing survey + Numbeo crowdsourced data (2023) · 2023

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